Item | Unit | 1949 | 1952 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 | 1998 |
Gross Domestic Product | billion | 67.9 | 145.7 | 225.27 | 451.78 | 1854.79 | 5847.81 | 7955.28 | |
Per Capita Gross Domestic Product | yuan | 119 | 218 | 275 | 460 | 1634 | 4854 | 6404 | |
Steel | 1000tn | 158 | 1350 | 18660 | 17790 | 37120 | 66350 | 95360 | 115590 |
Crude Oil | 1000tn | 120 | 440 | 3730 | 30650 | 105950 | 138310 | 150049.5 | 161000 |
Coal | million tn | 32 | 66 | 369 | 354 | 620 | 1080 | 1361 | 1250 |
Electricity | billion kwh | 4.3 | 7.3 | 59.4 | 115.9 | 300.6 | 621.2 | 1007.73 | 1167 |
Grain | million tn | 113.18 | 163.92 | 143.5 | 239.96 | 320.56 | 446.24 | 466.62 | 490 |
Cotton | 1000tn | 444 | 1304 | 1063 | 2277 | 2707 | 4508 | 4765 | 4500 |
Item | Unit | 1949 | 1978 | 1998 |
Annual Grain Production Capacity | million ton | 100 | 500 | |
Impoverished Population | million | 250 | 42 | |
Average Annual Net Income of Farmers | yuan | 44 | 135 | 2,162 |
Farmers' Spending on Food among Total Income | % | 69 | 53 |
Item | Unit | 1949 | 1979 | 1998 |
Annual Output Value | billion yuan | * | 1,000 | |
Completed Construction Areas | million sq.m | 657 | ||
Taxes Income | billion yuan | 30 | ||
Overseas Construction Contract Volume | million US dollar | 51 | 11,300 | |
Number of Partner Countries and Regions | 100 | 181 | ||
* Accounted for about 1.1 percent of the total national income. |
Item | Unit | 1950s | 1990s |
Business Volume of Posts and Telecommunications | million yuan | 245 | 230,000 |
Telephone Users | million | 138 | |
Mobile Phone Users | million | 23 |
Item | Unit | 1950s | 1990s |
Added Value of Industrial Output | billion yuan | 12 | 3,300 |
Shares of GDP | % | 42 | |
Number of Enterprises | thousand | 170 | 8,000 |
Number of Employees | million | 13 | 139 |
Manufactured Goods' Proportion of Total Exports. | % | 90 |
Item | Unit | 1960s | 1980s | 1998 |
Total Added Output Value | billion yuan | 2,218 | ||
Shares of GDP | % | 27.9 | ||
Shares of Total National Tax Revenues | % | 20 | ||
Shares of the Total Exports | % | 34.8 | ||
Number of Firms | million | 1 | 18 | 20 |
Number of Employees | million | 5 | 95 | 130 |
Item | Unit | 1950s | 1979 | 1998 |
Annual Import and Export Values | billion US dollar | * | 323. 9 | |
Ranked in the World by Foreign Trade Volue | 32 | 11 | ||
Foreign Reserve | million dollars | 840 | 145,000 | |
Trade Partners | 60 | 227 | ||
Export by Foreign-funded Enterprises | billion dollars | 80 | ||
Shares of GDP | % | 9.8 | 33.8 | |
* About several hundreds of millions of US dollars. |
Item | Unit | 1952 | 1978 | 1998 |
Average Disposable Income | yuan | 1695 | 5, 425 | |
Annual Cash Income for Rural Residents | yuan | 44 | 2162 | |
Actual Spending of Each Chinese | yuan | 80 | 2,973 | |
Private Saving Deposits | billion yuan | 0.86 | 21 | 5,340.70 |
Food Accounted on Total Spending | ||||
for Urban Residents | % | 45 | ||
for Rural Residents | % | 53 |
Item | Unit | 1949 | 1998 |
Population | million | 500 | 1,248 |
Birth Rate | per thousand | 30 | 16 |
Natural Growth Rate | per thousand | 9.5 | |
Fertility Rate of Women | 6 | 1.8 | |
Mortality Rate | per thousand | 30 | 6.5 |
Infant Mortality Rate | per thousand | 200 | 33 |
Average Life Expectancy | 35 | 71 |
Item | 1949 | 1966 | 1972 | 1978 | 1997 |
Total Population | 54,167 | 74,542 | 87,177 | 96,259 | 123,646 |
Urban Residents | 5,765 | 13,313 | 14,935 | 17,245 | 36,989 |
Urbanization Level | 10.64 | 17.86 | 17.13 | 17.92 | 29.92 |
unit: 10,000 | ||||
Item | 1952 | 1978 | 1997 | 1998 |
Total Population at the end of year | 57482 | 96259 | 123626 | 124810 |
Urban Residents | 7163 | 17245 | 36989 | 37942 |
Rural Residents | 50319 | 79014 | 86637 | 86868 |
unit: 10,000 | |||
Year | Total Population | Urban Residents | Urbanization Rate % |
1949 | 54167 | 5765 | 10.64 |
1966 | 74542 | 13313 | 17.86 |
1972 | 87177 | 14935 | 17.13 |
1978 | 96259 | 17245 | 17.92 |
1997 | 123646 | 36989 | 29.92 |
Year | Total | Eastern Cities | Central Cities | Western Cities |